Ge WE03X10001 Slide, Drum OEM Part

After removing the top panel of the dryer, I removed 2 screws down inside (with unusual square head) to free the front panel then disconnected the wiring connecting the front panel to the dryer by gently pushing at the clips with a flathead screwdriver; this allowed me to fully remove the front panel. There is a large round lip on the front panel which holds the drum in place, and it was easy to see that the felt around this lip had degraded and turned completely orange and was the source of our rust stains (originally, I had thought the issue might have been a rusty drum). It was not easy to fully remove the degraded felt, but I was greatly aided by a razor scraper (one of the cheap plastic ones that is shaped like a razor you might shave with) and Goo Gone. After about an hour of scraping, I was ready for the repair. I bought both the "Lower Felt" and the "Slide, Drum" (this is really just the upper felt with some plastic squares attached). The directions were simple: I put the glue on the region i wanted to affix, waiting 1 minute for glue to become "tacky" then attached the felt and held pressure for a minute or two. Because the lower felt had to go all around, I glued it in stages (maybe 18'' at a time) and rotated the front panel so that the side I was gluing was always on top. There was enough glue in the Upper Felt kit alone to do both the upper and lower felt pieces with liberal application, and I still had some left in the tube. Shortly after I finished gluing, I reassembled the dryer, because I thought it would be good to have the pressure of the drum pushing against the newly glued felt. I waited a day or so before using the dryer, and everything worked great. Performance has been great so far (it's been a few weeks) and the rust stains seem to be gone.

Replaced rear bearing, upper and lower felts, drive belt. Have repaired dryer before for same problem years ago, knew what to do, on line diagrams helped to move memory. Cleaned all accumulated lint out of machine.Belt was changed only out of age.Looked good but thought to be on safe side.

Removed the front panel with the door and sprayed the old felt with alittle solvent being careful not to to get any on the plastic parts. This helped scrape off the old felt and remove most of the old glue. Applied new glue and let set for the time it asks for and reinstalled the new Drum slide on the top with the new lower felt on the bottom and the problem went away and was a pretty easy fix for an hour or so's worth of work from start to finish.

I guess I'm old school. I tool disassembled the front door and lower real panel to inspect the machine. After locating the problem, the worn front top drum glide, which subsequently lowered the positioning of the drum and throwing the rear bearing off kilter I decided to replace both pieces. The belt appeared to be in good shape. The drum glide seems a bit expensive, I've seen it listed on Amazon for less, but chose to stick with ApplianceParts for this fix. The parts arrived in a couple of day, quicker than I had expected. Gleaning off the old glide and reattaching the new piece was fairly simple. The drum bearing, because of its uneven rotation appeared worn which is why I decided to replace it as well. This is where better directions would have come in helpful, perhaps a page or two from a service manual - but that may simply depend upon the particular dryer. As a layman who is not in the repair business I had to settle for reassembling the unit then turning it on to make sure it was working correctly. Fortunately it works fine now. I'm satisfied with AP and all of their service. A repair like this always builds my confidence for approaching the next job. As I said, I'm old school, which is why I believe cursive writing should be taught once again.

Popped off the top of the dryer and removed the front panel and set it to one side with the wires attached. Removed the old flattened felt strip. Two of the three teflon "sliders" were gone. Glued the replacement part in its place. (Glue came with the replacement kit in a "GE" bag.) Works great.